The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 18, 2024

Overview of Runway Runway is shaking up the way businesses handle financial planning! It all started when Siqi Chen realized his struggles with financial expertise during his time as a senior leader and the headaches that come with using spreadsheets. It offers Ambient Intelligence within its FP&A platform.

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BlueLight

MAY 1, 2020

Traditionally, the chief financial officer (CFO) is responsible for tracking the company’s past and present financial situation and ensuring on-time and accurate financial reporting. This function is called financial planning and analysis (FP&A). The CFO takes on the responsibility of FP&A.

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Centage

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Whether your company is outgrowing a spreadsheet-only system, looking to migrate from your existing FP&A tools, or starting from scratch, purchasing FP&A software is no small undertaking. Setting aside the major issue of cost, there are many other factors to consider when vetting potential FP&A software.

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Onplan

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Finance professionals and teams today have numerous solutions available to help them plan, budget, forecast, and analyze financial information. However, not all FP&A tools are created equal. The 10 best FP&A companies featured in this list are: OnPlan. So, what is the best FP&A software? Key features.

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The Finance Weekly

JUNE 12, 2023

FP&A software plays a crucial role in helping CFOs, finance leaders, and FP&A experts maintain the financial well-being of their organizations. It enables them to monitor and analyze current financial outcomes while also forecasting future performance. Recently, we featured a , detailed analysis of Cube Software.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 1, 2022

Maturity in finance, particularly in FP&A, entails accepting complexity and expanding your capabilities. But what does maturity mean for FP&A, specifically? Defining Maturity for FP&A Simply said, FP&A maturity means you're , free of manual processes and spreadsheets , allowing you to focus on decision-making.

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Fpanda Club

JULY 24, 2022

From the FP&A standpoint, which may also lack that entrepreneurial perspective, the use of the traditional tools of financial analysis based on the discounted cash flows not only perfectly supports this kind of behavior, but also justifies it. In about 600 B.C. and help identify most probable outcomes.

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BlueLight

JUNE 2, 2020

Last month, I wrote an article about the FP&A function of the CFO suite ( link ). For this piece, I’ll dive into a tactical analysis that is important to every CEO and CFO, the budget vs actual variance analysis. If you are confused by the difference between budget, plan, actual, and forecast, let me explain.

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Boston Startup CFO

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Many founders and CEOs of startups don’t spend a lot of time thinking about CFOs. When it comes to finance for a startup, founders focus on more pressing needs: What’s my burn rate? Today’s finance executives are expected to recognize that planning involves data, decisions and people – not just spreadsheets and budget mandates.

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Spreadym

AUGUST 10, 2023

When choosing the best financial reporting software solution, it's important to consider factors such as ease of use, scalability, integration with existing systems, compliance with accounting standards, cost, customer support, and any unique requirements your organization might have. What is financial reporting software?

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The Finance Weekly

MAY 25, 2023

Introduction FP&A software is gaining popularity thanks to the need for automation and upgrading all of the integrations and data sources that occur today in the finance function. At The Finance Weekly we put together comprehensive reviews of different FP&A software tools. Who is Cube Software Meant For?

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The Finance Weekly

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Here are 3 must-know finance communities you’ll want to join: Off The Ledger Airbase, the top spend management software for businesses from startup to IPO, introduced a Slack community for finance and accounting professionals from all forms of business and non-profits a private space for networking, advice, and members-only events.

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Collectiv

JANUARY 2, 2023

With technology evolving at a rapid pace and many teams adjusting to a permanent remote or hybrid work model, this is the time to take stock of your progress and plan the next steps. With years of finance experience and dozens of successful startup clients under his belt, Josh had plenty of amazing insights for CFOs heading into 2023.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Your business can use historical and recent business performance with the recurrent business cycle and seasonal trends to predict your organization’s financial performance in various scenarios. There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty.

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Future CFO

APRIL 26, 2023

This is evident in the 47% of CFOs participating in the PwC Pulse Survey of August 2023 who say their top priority is building predictive models and scenario analysis capabilities. He points out that CFOs play a crucial role in ensuring company resilience, as they oversee financial planning, managerial and regulatory reporting.

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The Finance Weekly

MARCH 5, 2024

In contrast, larger companies, those with 150 to 500 employees, are shifting towards best-of-breed solutions in areas such as FP&A, payments, and payroll. One of the questions we frequently receive from our readers is, "Which SaaS solution will have the biggest impact on my company?"

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve worked closely with numerous startup SaaS teams, and a fair share of them don’t have a CFO or even a dedicated finance team. That’s why the role of the finance leader in understanding the financial impact of operational choices—before they’re made—is absolutely essential. Let’s dive in.

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Onplan

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We’ve worked closely with numerous startup SaaS teams, and a fair share of them don’t have a CFO or even a dedicated finance team. That’s why the role of the finance leader in understanding the financial impact of operational choices—before they’re made—is absolutely essential. Let’s dive in.

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BlueLight

JULY 30, 2020

Forward In the current economic crisis, business leaders from early-stage startups to large multinational corporations have had to make difficult decisions. The financial implication of these decision is critical and the CFO is the executive helping the CEO navigate these decisions. Edited for readability.

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The Finance Weekly

APRIL 13, 2024

Every modern enterprise, regardless of size, requires finance software to manage various aspects of its financial health. This includes tracking past financial activities, ensuring compliance and reporting, as well as forecasting future financial scenarios for better budgeting.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I bring with me more than 20 years of extensive experience from startups to global multibillion-dollar organisations, including the two largest banks in Malaysia and a renowned low-cost airline loyalty programme. Sereen Teoh, CFO, BIG Loyalty. I achieved that dream. And now I'm the CFO of BIG Loyalty, owned and managed by BIGLIFE Sdn.

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